NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, Official Portrait, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, swears in Jim Free as the first associate administrator of the new Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working to establish ESDMD to focus on planning and developing future space systems while a new Space Operations Mission Directorate will focus on operations. Both areas will support NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, shakes hands with Jim Free after being sworn in as the first associate administrator of the new Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working to establish ESDMD to focus on planning and developing future space systems while a new Space Operations Mission Directorate will focus on operations. Both areas will support NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, swears in Jim Free as the first associate administrator of the new Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA is working to establish ESDMD to focus on planning and developing future space systems while a new Space Operations Mission Directorate will focus on operations. Both areas will support NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Jim Free delivers remarks during a Moon to Mars Town Hall, Thursday, May 18, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development Jim Free answers questions during a Moon to Mars Town Hall, Thursday, May 18, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, gives remarks during an update on NASA's Artemis campaign, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, gives remarks during an update on NASA's Artemis campaign, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, gives remarks during an event celebrating UAE-US collaboration in space, Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, center, gives remarks during an event celebrating UAE-US collaboration in space, Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Associate Administrator Jim Free, talks with Mongolian Minister of Digital Development and Communications Nyam-Osor Uchral during a meeting to discuss Mongolia’s National Space Strategy planning and methods for natural disasters monitoring and prevention, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Associate Administrator Jim Free, talks with Mongolian Minister of Digital Development and Communications Nyam-Osor Uchral during a meeting to discuss Mongolia’s National Space Strategy planning and methods for natural disasters monitoring and prevention, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Incoming NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free gives remarks during a NASA town hall event, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Incoming NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free gives remarks during a NASA town hall event, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, delivers remarks during a bilateral meeting with Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) Administrator Youngbin Yoon and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, listens as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Jim Free, speaks during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: ESDMD and Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA Associate Administrator for SpaceOps, Kathy Lueders, will lead launch and space operations including the International Space Station, the commercialization of low-Earth orbit, and eventually operations on and around the Moon. Head of ESDMD, Jim Free, will lead efforts to define and manage systems development for programs critical to NASA’s Artemis program and the planning of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Jim Free, speaks during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: ESDMD and Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA Associate Administrator for SpaceOps, Kathy Lueders, will lead launch and space operations including the International Space Station, the commercialization of low-Earth orbit, and eventually operations on and around the Moon. Head of ESDMD, Jim Free, will lead efforts to define and manage systems development for programs critical to NASA’s Artemis program and the planning of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Associate Administrator Jim Free, 2nd from left, talks with Mongolian Minister of Digital Development and Communications Nyam-Osor Uchral during a meeting to discuss Mongolia’s National Space Strategy planning and methods for natural disasters monitoring and prevention, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Associate Administrator Jim Free, left, and Mongolian Minister of Digital Development and Communications Nyam-Osor Uchral, shake hands ahead of a meeting to discuss Mongolia’s National Space Strategy planning and methods for natural disasters monitoring and prevention, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free answers a question during a NASA Safety Town Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Safety Town Hall is held annually near the Day of Remembrance to learn from past errors and pay tribute to those that lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free discusses the agency’s goals during the annual State of NASA address, Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. NASA leaders discussed plans for promoting U.S. leadership in space exploration, improving life on Earth through science and innovation, humanity’s return to the Moon under the Artemis campaign, aeronautics, and more. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Associate Administrator Jim Free, talks with Mongolian Minister of Digital Development and Communications Nyam-Osor Uchral during a meeting to discuss Mongolia’s National Space Strategy planning and methods for natural disasters monitoring and prevention, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free gives opening remarks at the Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. NASA held the workshop to engage the broader space community and collect feedback from U.S. industry and academia and international partners to inform NASA's Moon to Mars Architecture, the agency's roadmap for human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Associate Administrator Jim Free, 2nd from left, talks with Mongolian Minister of Digital Development and Communications Nyam-Osor Uchral during a meeting to discuss Mongolia’s National Space Strategy planning and methods for natural disasters monitoring and prevention, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks during a NASA Safety Town Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Safety Town Hall is held annually near the Day of Remembrance to learn from past errors and pay tribute to those that lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks during a media briefing to discuss the upcoming solar eclipse, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. A total solar eclipse will sweep across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada on April 8, 2024. A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free gives opening remarks at the Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. NASA held the workshop to engage the broader space community and collect feedback from U.S. industry and academia and international partners to inform NASA's Moon to Mars Architecture, the agency's roadmap for human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Associate Administrator Jim Free, 3rd from right, and the Mongolian Minister of Digital Development and Communications Nyam-Osor Uchral, 3rd from left, meet to discuss Mongolia’s National Space Strategy planning and methods for natural disasters monitoring and prevention, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free discusses the agency’s goals during the annual State of NASA address, Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. NASA leaders discussed plans for promoting U.S. leadership in space exploration, improving life on Earth through science and innovation, humanity’s return to the Moon under the Artemis campaign, aeronautics, and more. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free gives opening remarks at the Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. NASA held the workshop to engage the broader space community and collect feedback from U.S. industry and academia and international partners to inform NASA's Moon to Mars Architecture, the agency's roadmap for human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free gives opening remarks at the Moon to Mars Architecture Workshop, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. NASA held the workshop to engage the broader space community and collect feedback from U.S. industry and academia and international partners to inform NASA's Moon to Mars Architecture, the agency's roadmap for human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks during a NASA Safety Town Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Safety Town Hall is held annually near the Day of Remembrance to learn from past errors and pay tribute to those that lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Jim Free, speaks alongside NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, left, and NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Kathy Lueders, right, during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: ESDMD and SpaceOps, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Lueders will lead launch and space operations including the International Space Station, the commercialization of low-Earth orbit, and eventually operations on and around the Moon. Free will lead efforts to define and manage systems development for programs critical to NASA’s Artemis program and the planning of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free is seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Free, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Jim Free gives remarks during an event announcing Blue Origin as the company selected to develop a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V Moon mission, Friday, May 19, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The human landing system will take astronauts to and from Gateway in lunar orbit to the surface and back to the lunar space station as part of NASA’s return to the Moon for science, exploration, and inspiration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Jim Free gives remarks during an event announcing Blue Origin as the company selected to develop a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V Moon mission, Friday, May 19, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The human landing system will take astronauts to and from Gateway in lunar orbit to the surface and back to the lunar space station as part of NASA’s return to the Moon for science, exploration, and inspiration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Jim Free gives remarks during an event announcing Blue Origin as the company selected to develop a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V Moon mission, Friday, May 19, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The human landing system will take astronauts to and from Gateway in lunar orbit to the surface and back to the lunar space station as part of NASA’s return to the Moon for science, exploration, and inspiration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
UAE astronaut and Minister of Youth, H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Neyadi, left, Director General, Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Salem AlMarri, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, are seen during an event celebrating UAE-US collaboration in space, Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, 3rd from left, shakes hands with Incoming NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, and NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails look on at the conclusion of a NASA town hall event, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Jim Free, speaks during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: ESDMD and Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA Associate Administrator for SpaceOps, Kathy Lueders, will lead launch and space operations including the International Space Station, the commercialization of low-Earth orbit, and eventually operations on and around the Moon. Head of ESDMD, Jim Free, will lead efforts to define and manage systems development for programs critical to NASA’s Artemis program and the planning of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Panelists are seen from left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson; NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana; NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Jim Free; and NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Kathy Lueders, during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: ESDMD and SpaceOps, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Kathy Lueders will lead SpaceOps in launch and space operations including the International Space Station, the commercialization of low-Earth orbit, and eventually operations on and around the Moon. Jim Free will lead ESDMD to define and manage systems development for programs critical to NASA’s Artemis program and in the planning of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Kathy Lueders, right, speaks during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: SpaceOps and the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. As head of SpaceOps, Kathy Lueders will lead launch and space operations including the International Space Station, the commercialization of low-Earth orbit, and eventually operations on and around the Moon. Associate Administrator of ESDMD, Jim Free, left, will lead efforts to define and manage systems development for programs critical to NASA’s Artemis program and the planning of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Kathy Lueders, right, speaks during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: SpaceOps and the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. As head of SpaceOps, Kathy Lueders will lead launch and space operations including the International Space Station, the commercialization of low-Earth orbit, and eventually operations on and around the Moon. Associate Administrator of ESDMD, Jim Free, left, will lead efforts to define and manage systems development for programs critical to NASA’s Artemis program and the planning of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
A portrait of Mary W. Jackson is unveiled, by NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Mary W. Jackson was a pioneering aerospace engineer and mathematician at NASA’s Langley Research Center. As one of the “Hidden Figures,” she made significant contributions to the space program, particularly in aerodynamics and engineering. Jackson’s groundbreaking work and advocacy for women and minorities helped shape NASA’s success and advance opportunities for future generations in science and technology. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A portrait of Mary W. Jackson is unveiled, by NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Mary W. Jackson was a pioneering aerospace engineer and mathematician at NASA’s Langley Research Center. As one of the “Hidden Figures,” she made significant contributions to the space program, particularly in aerodynamics and engineering. Jackson’s groundbreaking work and advocacy for women and minorities helped shape NASA’s success and advance opportunities for future generations in science and technology. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy are seen during a wreath laying ceremony, as a part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
From left to right, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson are seen during a wreath laying ceremony, as a part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and, NASA Astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, right, are seen during an update on NASA's Artemis campaign, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara, center, and Jasmin Moghbeli, second from right, meet with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, second from left, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. O’Hara and Moghbeli spent six months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and, NASA Astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, right, are seen during an update on NASA's Artemis campaign, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
From left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, are seen following a wreath laying ceremony, as a part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, and Loral O’Hara, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, pose for a picture after speaking about O’Hara and Moghbeli’s time aboard the International Space Station, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. O’Hara and Moghbeli spent six months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Moon to Mars Program in the Explorations Systems Development Mission Directorate, Amit Kshatriya, on monitors, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, seated left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and, NASA Astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, right, are seen during an update on NASA's Artemis campaign, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Moon to Mars Program in the Explorations Systems Development Mission Directorate, Amit Kshatriya, on monitors, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, seated left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and, NASA Astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, right, are seen during an update on NASA's Artemis campaign, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Senior Director of the Space Engineering Department, MBRSC, Amer Al Sayegh, left, UAE Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Advanced Science and Technology, Omran Sharaf, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and Director of Space Missions Department, UAESA, Mohsen Al Awadhi, right, participate in a panel discussion during an event celebrating UAE-US collaboration in space, Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara, second from left, and Jasmin Moghbeli, center, meet with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, left, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, second from right, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. O’Hara and Moghbeli spent six months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on a panel with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, seated left, and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, seated right, during a NASA Safety Town Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Safety Town Hall is held annually near the Day of Remembrance to learn from past errors and pay tribute to those that lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are seen aboard the International Space Station on a monitor during an Earth-to-space call with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during an Earth-to-space call with the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crew members Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station, visible on monitor to the right, Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nelson, Melroy, Free, and Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche spoke to Wilmore and Williams about their mission aboard Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA associate administrator Jim Free, watches the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-8 mission with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin onboard, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in the control room of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is the eighth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Dominick, Barratt, Epps, Grebenkin launched at 10:53 p.m. EST, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free monitors the countdown of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov onboard, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in the control center of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is the ninth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Hague and Gorbunov are scheduled to launch at 1:17 p.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
Jim Free, NASA associate administrator, monitors the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-8 mission with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin onboard, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in the control room of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is the eighth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Dominick, Barratt, Epps, and Grebenkin launched at 10:53 p.m. EST, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA associate administrator Jim Free monitors the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-8 mission with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin onboard, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in the control room of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is the eighth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Dominick, Barratt, Epps, and Grebenkin launched at 10:53 p.m. EST, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Press Secretary, Faith McKie, left, moderates the annual State of NASA address, as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, look on, Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. NASA leaders discussed plans for promoting U.S. leadership in space exploration, improving life on Earth through science and innovation, humanity’s return to the Moon under the Artemis campaign, aeronautics, and more. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA associate administrator for International and Interagency Relations Karen Feldstein, moderates a panel discussion with, Senior Director of the Space Engineering Department, MBRSC, Amer Al Sayegh, left, UAE Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Advanced Science and Technology, Omran Sharaf, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, and Director of Space Missions Department, UAESA, Mohsen Al Awadhi, right, during an event celebrating UAE-US collaboration in space, Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) and Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Panelists were from left to right, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana; NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Jim Free; and NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Kathy Lueders. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Jim Free, Human Landing System Program Manager Lisa Watson-Morgan, members of Blue Origin’s team, and others pose for a photo at the conclusion of an event announcing Blue Origin as the company selected to develop a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V Moon mission, Friday, May 19, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The human landing system will take astronauts to and from Gateway in lunar orbit to the surface and back to the lunar space station as part of NASA’s return to the Moon for science, exploration, and inspiration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Human Landing System Program Manager Lisa Watson-Morgan gives remarks as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Jim Free, right, look on during an event announcing Blue Origin as the company selected to develop a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V Moon mission, Friday, May 19, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The human landing system will take astronauts to and from Gateway in lunar orbit to the surface and back to the lunar space station as part of NASA’s return to the Moon for science, exploration, and inspiration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, second from left, speaks with NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara alongside NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. O’Hara and Moghbeli spent six months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, speaks with NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara alongside NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. O’Hara and Moghbeli spent six months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, speaks with NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara alongside NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. O’Hara and Moghbeli spent six months in space as part of Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Jim Free, NASA associate administrator, right, and Benji Reed, senior director of Human Spaceflight Programs at SpaceX monitor the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-8 mission with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin onboard, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in the control room of SpaceX’s HangarX at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission is the eighth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Dominick, Barratt, Epps, Grebenkin launched at 10:53 p.m. EST, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana speaks on a panel during a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) and Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Panelists were, from left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson; NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy; Cabana; NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), Jim Free; and NASA Associate Administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Kathy Lueders. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen through a video camera before a NASA town hall to discuss the reorganization of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into two mission directorates: Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) and Space Operations Mission Directorate (SpaceOps), Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA Associate Administrator for SpaceOps, Kathy Lueders, will lead launch and space operations including the International Space Station, the commercialization of low-Earth orbit, and eventually operations on and around the Moon. NASA Associate Administrator for the ESDMD, Jim Free, will lead efforts to define and manage systems development for programs critical to NASA’s Artemis program and the planning of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free (left) and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (right) stand in front of the newly unveiled X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free speaks on stage following the unveiling of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at a January 12, 2024 event at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is the centerpiece of NASA’s Quesst mission, which seeks to solve one of the major barriers to supersonic flight over land, currently banned in the United States, by making sonic booms quieter.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free participates in a social media panel discussion inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the eighth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station and the ninth flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A is targeted for 12:04 a.m. on Friday, March 1.
Panelists, from left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Weather Observations, Elsayed Talaat, NASA Headquarters eclipse program manager, Kelly Korreck, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen during a media briefing to discuss the upcoming solar eclipse, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. A total solar eclipse will sweep across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada on April 8, 2024. A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Panelists, from left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Weather Observations, Elsayed Talaat, NASA Headquarters eclipse program manager, Kelly Korreck, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free are seen at the conclusion of a media briefing to discuss the upcoming solar eclipse, Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. A total solar eclipse will sweep across a narrow portion of the North American continent from Mexico’s Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada on April 8, 2024. A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of Central America and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
UAE Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Advanced Science and Technology, Omran Sharaf, left, NASA associate administrator Jim Free, National Space Council Executive Secretary Chirag Parikh, NASA associate administrator for International and Interagency Relations Karen Feldstein, Director General, UAE Space Agency Salem Al Qubaisi, UAE Ambassador to the US and Minister of State His Excellency Yousef Al Otaib, UAE astronaut and Minister of Youth, H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Neyadi, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Director General, Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Salem AlMarri, and UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri, right, pose for a group photograph during an event celebrating UAE-US collaboration in space, Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, right, listen as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, gives remarks during a NASA agencywide all hands, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free participates in an International Space Station 101 Panel Livestream inside the John Holliman Auditorium of the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program is targeted for 1:17 p.m. EDT Sept. 28, 2024, from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free addresses the media during a prelaunch news conference at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Launch is targeted for 1:17 p.m. EDT Sept. 28, 2024, from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Crew-9 is the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
Jim Free, NASA associate administrator, participates in a prelaunch briefing for NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday, May 31, 2024. As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the first to launch aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 12:25 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 1.